escana

• escaina

From Old Galician-Portuguese escanla, from Latin scandula. Cognate with Spanish escaña.

• IPA^(key): /esˈkana/ [es̺ˈkɑ.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: es‧ca‧na

escana f (plural escanas)

1. emmer; hulled wheat

   Synonyms: espelta, melga

2. awn

   Synonym: aresta

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “scanl”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escana”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “escándea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN